Aim To enable managers to control the relationship between cost, price and volume. The video Three factors determine profit - cost, price and volume. What isn't so simple is balancing the relationship between the three. If the mere mention of fixed and variable costs, break-even points, contribution, depreciation, marginal and total absorption costing, brings a glazed look to your eyes it is likely that you have never seen this witty and brilliantly simple explanation. Features and applications It explains how costs are calculated and their effect on the business It confirms the importance of controlling expenditure and revenue Assumes no prior knowledge of finance Plain English is used throughout Programme includes: DVD (23 mins) Briefcase booklet Discussion guide

The aim To enable managers to appreciate how key financial statements are calculated and what they mean. About the programme The light-hearted approach of this world-famous video helps take the fear out of financial documents and complex concepts, and although accounts might never become a manager's favourite topic it does at least make them understandable. Using the device of contrasting the apparent worldliness of a well-educated company director and the business acumen of the streetwise owner of a small factory, we're shown how the whole process of business finance works. Because the success or failure of her manufacturing company is down to her, she knows the importance of understanding how money goes round the business and how to track and measure it - and she's happy to explain it in everyday language. Having been previously too embarrassed to admit his lack of knowledge, her grateful pupil learns the difference between key documents and the significance of the balance sheet, profit and loss accounts and cash-flow forecasts. The benefits -Assumes no prior knowledge of finance -Well-presented and structured video that ensures all managers understand how key financial statements are calculated and what they mean -Imaginative use of graphics to emphasise key points -Financial jargon is avoided in favour of everyday language Programme includes: DVD(30 mins) Showreel tape Meeting break DVD Course leader's guide Delegate worksheets on disk Powerpoint slides/OHPs on disk Self-study workbook on disk

The aim To enable managers to understand the concept of working capital and how they can free it to be used in the business. About the programme Customers won't pay on time, suppliers won't deliver until bills are paid; spare capital is tied up in work-in-progress. It's a 'catch 22' situation that can bring a business to its knees. This humorous video makes the subject easy to understand and proposes ways of avoiding the traps that lie in wait for the unwary manager. We are shown where capital is locked up in a business and how to free it up and how sales forecasts and regular meetings can help control working capital. The benefits -Assumes no prior knowledge of finance -Financial jargon is avoided in favour of everyday language -Managers are taught to focus more on the performance of the business as a whole and not just day-to-day processes Programme includes: DVD(26 mins) Briefcase booklet Discussion guide